<div dir="ltr">Hi all,<div>This conference might be of interest to list members. It was forwarded to me by an archivist friend.</div><div>Claire<br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="auto"><div><br><br>Begin forwarded message:<br>
<br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><b>From:</b> Anne Lindsay <<a href="mailto:malindsay@shaw.ca" target="_blank">malindsay@shaw.ca</a>><br><b>Date:</b> August 13, 2013, 12:12:50 AM EDT<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:arcan-l@mailman.srv.ualberta.ca" target="_blank">arcan-l@mailman.srv.ualberta.ca</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> <b>[Arcan-l] Reminder: Indigenous Archives Colloquium CFP</b><br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><span></span><br><span>Reminder: Call for Papers (please feel free to circulate)</span><br>
<span></span><br><span>"I have never forgotten his words": Talking about Indigenous Archives</span><br><span></span><br><span>A One-Day Colloquium on Saturday October 5, 2013</span><br><span></span><br><span>University of Manitoba</span><br>
<span></span><br><span>**Proposals due next Monday, August 19th, 2013**</span><br><span></span><br><span>“My father used to say to me, ‘Don’t think you know everything. You will see lots of new things and you will find a place in your mind for them all.’ My father was a very wise man and I have never forgotten his words.” - William Berens</span><br>
<span></span><br><span>Indigenous people have maintained their own knowledge systems since time before memory. Innovative, adaptive, relevant, and deeply reflective of the values and needs of their creators, these systems have been challenged by the colonial project and face new challenges and opportunities as technology offers both potential benefits and possible risks.</span><br>
<span></span><br><span>This one-day colloquium is an invitation for people interested in Indigenous archives from many points on the imaginative and thoughtful compass to come together, to talk, to listen, and to think about Indigenous archives.</span><br>
<span></span><br><span>We invite abstracts of 250 words from individuals, or in panels of three to four individuals, for presentations on these and related topics. We welcome presenters from all disciplines and members of the public with an interest in Indigenous archiving, past, present, and future, to join us for this engaging one-day Colloquium.</span><br>
<span></span><br><span>*Please note: In addition to proposals for papers, as many have contacted us to inquire, we also invite submissions of diverse presentation styles, including poster presentations, and will try to accommodate various A/V or other technology when requested.*</span><br>
<span></span><br><span>Registration will be open September 1, 2013 through the UMIH website:</span><br><span></span><br><span>$25 for the day/$10 for students and underemployed</span><br><span></span><br><span>Topics might consider the following:</span><br>
<span></span><br><span> -What are Indigenous archives? Who can define that? What does the act of defining that say?</span><br><span></span><br><span> -What has been done in the past to preserve memory and ways of knowing, what is being done today?</span><br>
<span></span><br><span> -What are the social, political, and personal stakes embedded in archival traditions and archival innovations?</span><br><span></span><br><span> -What are the relationships between self-determination and self-determined archiving?</span><br>
<span></span><br><span> -Is the media the message?</span><br><span></span><br><span> -Is it true, as William J. Mitchell noted (quoted by Joan Schwartz: Joan M. Schwartz, “‘We make our tools and our tools make us’: Lessons from Photographs from the Practice, Politics and Poetics of Diplomatics,” /Archivaria/, 40, Fall 1995, pp.40-74.) that "We make our tools and our tools make us"?</span><br>
<span></span><br><span>*Deadline to submit: Monday August 19, 2013.*</span><br><span></span><br><span>Please send your abstract with a short /cv/ to <a href="mailto:umih@ad.umanitoba.ca" target="_blank">umih@ad.umanitoba.ca</a>.</span><br>
<span></span><br><span>This colloquium is organized by the University of Manitoba Institute for the Humanities.</span><br><span></span><br><span>University of Manitoba Institute for the Humanities</span><br><span></span><br>
<span>407 Tier Building, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2</span><br><span></span><br><span>e. <a href="mailto:umih@ad.umanitoba.ca" target="_blank">umih@ad.umanitoba.ca</a> p. <a href="tel:204-474-9599" value="+12044749599" target="_blank">204-474-9599</a></span><br>
<span></span><br><span><a href="http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/departments/humanities" target="_blank">umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/departments/humanities</a></span><br><span></span><br><span>Please don’t hesitate to be in touch with any questions, or if you need an extension and intend to submit.</span><br>
<span></span><br><span>Thank you!</span><br><span></span><br><span>Anne Lindsay, Research Affiliate</span><br><span></span><br><span>Krista Walters, Assistant to the Director</span><br><span></span><br><span><a href="http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/departments/humanities/indigenousarchives.html" target="_blank">http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/departments/humanities/indigenousarchives.html</a></span><br>
<span></span><br><span></span><br><span>Institute for the Humanities</span><br><span></span><br><span>407 Tier Building</span><br><span></span><br><span><a href="tel:204-474-9599" value="+12044749599" target="_blank">204-474-9599</a></span><br>
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